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ACSys VE Lab. The ACSys VE lab in Australia does research into virtual environments and into haptics and co-located haptic and graphics, particularly for mining applications. http://acsys.anu.edu.au/virtual.html

ForceDimension Offers devices for high-end applications and research, as well as custom solutions for the industry. http://www.forcedimension.com

Force-Feedback (Immersion) Immersion Corporation's Force Feedback systems. Immersion makes the haptic mouse, high quality haptic joysticks and a haptic laparoscopic surgery simulation device. http://www.immersion.com/

Haptic FAQ From Sci.virtual worlds newsgroup. http://www.hitl.washington.edu/scivw/faq.html

Haptic Spaces by Mark Paterson Doctoral research paper looking into the way our spatial cognition, the way we process and negotiate space, is mediated by touch. http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/postgraduates/ggmp

Haptics Community Web pages The haptics community web pages have a good selection of research papers, particularly on hardware. The page does not seem to be maintained however. http://haptic.mech.northwestern.edu/

Haptics Laboratory McGill Center for Intelligent Machines Haptics Laboratory works on the engineering and design of interfaces that use touch during interaction with information systems. http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~haptic/

Haptics-e Haptics-e is an electronic journal for haptics research. http://www.haptics-e.org/

Haption Develops and commercializes force-feedback (haptic) computer devices for Virtual Reality. http://www.haption.com

Millersville University Hershey Medical Center Research Millersville are doing research into using haptics in the medicine. http://cs.millersville.edu/~webster/haptics/

MIT Touchlab The MIT Touchlab aims to understand human haptics, develop machine haptics, and enhance human-machine interactions in virtual reality systems. http://touchlab.mit.edu/

Novint Technologies Specializes in haptics applications for medical, oil/gas, automotive, and mass market fields. http://www.novint.com

PHANTOM Users' Research Symposium PURS is a meeting for haptics researchers held in Europe. http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/

Quanser Manufacturers of robotic and mechatronic systems including high quality haptic devices http://www.quanser.com/

ReachIn Technologies ReachIn Technologies produce integrated haptic and graphic systems. They make display systems and produce the haptic and graphic API Magma. http://www.reachin.se/

SensAble Technologies PHANTOM haptics devices and GHOST API allow users to touch and manipulate 3D data. Also the FreeForm is an important 3D modelling tool which is haptically enabled, using a PHANTOM® Omni™ device (a high end haptic device). http://www.sensable.com/

SenseGraphics Provider of display systems integrating haptics and graphics. Also provides development tools for applications with haptics(H3D API). http://www.sensegraphics.com

UK Haptics Ltd UK Haptics develop virtual reality training solutions for practice based learning and skills rehearsal in medical and clinical situations using 3D virtual environments to create life like simulations. http://www.ukhaptics.co.uk